Talk:Phonophobia

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It's hard to provide reference or sources because not much is known about the phobia, because a lot of people who have it don't even realize there's a name for the condition. The article is based off of personal experiences of myself and others that I've read about.

The only google results for "ligryophobia" are those "phobia lists" and a few entries on various message boards. Nothing good and concrete to cite as a source, unfortunately. --Aleron235 23:01, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

• I won't take offense if someone wants to delete this as original research/unsourced material. But if someone has any sources, I'd be glad to see some.--Aleron235 01:16, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree there is a scarcity of information out there. I deal with this condition myself, though perhaps not to the level the article describes. I don't worry about my TV volume, or the smoke alarm, etc. I do have a fear of really loud noises like severe thunder/close lightning strikes, and gunshots (which sucks, because I actually like guns). The section concerning balloons is dead-on. Watching someone overinflate a balloon, especially a large one, is really disconcerting. I normally find an excuse to discreetly exit the room.  :) I am still looking for more information on this condition, and hopefully will be able to find a way to overcome it.Crazed actor 17:03, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

• I hope this entry does not get deleted (though I can see why it would, Wiki has a good reputation and that should be maintained). As someone who has suffered from some degree of ligryophobia since birth, I think this is phobia gets overlooked and really deserves some more research. I do not mind loud stereos, and even on occasion will listen to loud heavy metal through my headphones (have never been to any concerts, probably never will). But last week, there were fire drills on campus, and I could not pay attention in class because the alarm in the classroom happened to be close to my seat, and the apprehension was killing me. Earlier tonight, some guys in my apartment complex were making lots of noise and shooting off firecrackers in the parking lot, and my heart rate shot way up, not to mention the hairs on the back of my neck. Thunderstorms, guns, and even small things like those "fun" little bang pops that you throw on the ground and they make a loud pop all have the ability to send me into a panic attack, ranging from mild to severe. And yes, I too avoid balloons. The point is, these are examples of common things that most people take for granted, while those very same things cause much anguish and torment to some of us. There must be some way to overcome it, because my sonically induced panic attacks were also caused by loud motors (like dirtbikes, motorcycles, race cars etc) when I was younger. I was able to overcome it by habitually watching my neighbors, who would ride their dirtbikes up and down the street (it was so cool to watch because our street was sloped and they would ride up it doing wheelies and other such tricks). At first I watched from inside my bedroom, but after a few weeks I was practically in the street while they were riding. Now at least that is one thing that does not threaten me. I hope this helps someone. I haven't yet figured out how to prevent panic attacks in other situations.--City dwelling hermit 06:23, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

I think it should be noted that there is a distinction between ligyrophobia and the phenomenon of being extremely disturbed by loud, unexpected or unfamiliar sounds found in Autistic people. Unless anyone disagrees, I'll add that. Schprunkel 23:44, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Something else that should be noticed that medical phonophobia a) isn't a fear of sound, but a hypersensitivity to it, and b) is a common symptom of migraine (I came here from the migraine page). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.202.185.125 (talk) 00:35, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Planned rewrite, changing redirects

I was just browsing this article - as you'll note, I am declaring some COI because I do sound tolerance research (mostly in autism) and I will obviously further declare if I end up self-citing. But I am seeing some significant issues with the article, and if nobody objects, I am planning to make edits in response when I have time and integrate more of the (admittedly still very small) relevant sources.

For one, I think the definition of phonophobia needs to be changed to be congruent with sources like https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3216140/, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-145-5_57, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.11.030. The definition here makes it fear of loud sounds, whereas those papers make clear that the feared sound need not be loud. I think some additional discussion of the boundaries between phonophobia and other sound tolerance conditions would also benefit the article.

On which note, I saw there are redirects in place sending people interested in "aversion to sounds" and "hypersensitivity to sounds" to this phonophobia page... But of course the two are by no means synonymous and there are many other contributors to sound intolerance. Indeed while phonophobia is definitionally irrational some of the other contributors to sound intolerance are not, so could feel like dismissing people's difficulties if they are sent here while trying to figure out why they experience such aversions. There are notes in various wiki articles about different kinds of sound intolerance about other kinds of sound intolerance, but they are difficult to spot and often incomplete. I think a centralised sound intolerance page is needed, which would cover misophonia, hyperacusis, overload, phonophobia, etc. So when I have time, I will plan to create a sound intolerance page and change the redirects so that people with general auditory sensitivity interests will be sent there instead. Hope that sounds good to others. --Ó.Dubhuir.of.Vulcan (talk) 06:51, 22 August 2025 (UTC)